Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00297)

Ian McRae wrote:
> > Let's see now. You stated that you were working to change the world,
> > while the rest of us had to earn the right to do so. How is that NOT
> > pompous? And you claim no responsibility for the words you state, since
> > the meaning is only based on what the reader puts into it. How is that
> > not bullshit?
> 
> Oh, come on Bart, don't be such an old grouch ):o( !

Assuming that your intent was not to be pompous or to disclaim
responsibility for what you write (and, looking at our other
correspondence, I am willing to believe that), please re-read your
original messages. Perhaps if you are more careful with your wording in
the future:

"My project is my business. What is more important to you is what you
are
doing to earn the right to change the world."

Not "what you are doing to change the world", but "what you are doing
to EARN THE RIGHT to change the world." That is what I found to be
pompous. Then you wrote:

"I only say words. You invest them with their meaning."

I read that as divesting yourself from responsibility of what you said,
and that is what I called bullshit.

Bart Lidofsky